Off topic:run perl script without pl extension as any other shell command

Question

[cabraham03]

Hi, I will like to use my own perl scripts as any other command, I mean as "ls, chmod, cd, etc."

Example I have a perl script used to convert fastq file to fasta file and it is executed as:

perl fastxQA.pl [argument1] [argument2]

and I will Like to use just like:

fastxQA [argument1] [argument2]

I just moved the script fastxQA.pl to /usr/local/bin and I give the permission (chmod 700 fastxQA.pl) and it works like:

fastxQA.pl [argument1] [argument2]

but I will like to use it without the pl extension!

Right now I have few personal script and I will like to use like any other shell command; bye the way I have a Mac OS X

Thanks So Much!